The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-10-12
The President aud His Wife spend the Day
Quietly at the Villas Mansion.
WiscOnnn's Capital . Pretty Town Well
Adapted to Securing Rest.
4 Beautiful Location Not Ys! Unlzsd as
Popular SammT Resort.
Ready for the Start for st. Paul-La
Crosse Secures q DispensatiOo-Begin-
ming OF Another Weeks Journey.

MADISON, Wis, Oct. 9.-The President and
Mrs. Cleveland have remained in their
quarters at the Villas Mansion, resting in
preparation for the fatigues of another
week of journeying. 1t was expected that
they would go to church this morning, aud
the Villas pew in the Episcopal Church was
reserved for them, but the heavy threaten
ing sky and the raw chilly wind fresh from
the lakes. the mud in the unpaved streets
and the clouds of falling leaves from every
tree top were forbidding, while the CRATE
fires in their parlors were very tenn pting.
They have seen no one except their fellow
travellers and the members of the Villas
family, including the mother aud brothers
of the Postmaster General, who were in
viied TO family dinner with the President
and Mrs. Cleveland at 4 o'clock.
They could not have been freer
from interruption at the White House or
st Red Top than in Madison. A little
group of a dozen or more individuals have
been seen nearly all day in front of the
Mansion waiting for possible glimpse of
them, but the towns people for the most
part have respected their wish to be lett in
quiet. The house is well situated for the
purposes of seclusion and rest, standing
well back from the street, and being sur
rounded by an ample stretch of green
sward, clean shaved and well shaded. TIE
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one, is good specimen OF the Villa OF
dozen or sfteen years ago, square shoulder
ed and wide spreading, though rendered
light and agreeable in outer appearances
by verandas, bay windows and conserya-
tory of flowers.
The town of Madison is a phenomenon
IN its way. 1t is perhaps the only place
in all the broad West where its inhabitants
admit that business as cot booming" and
that things are quiet. Its auietude is not
that of stsgDation by any means, but OF
rest aud c. mpetency. 1t is the home of
class Of well-tO-do conservative people who
find smong these low rolling hills and
beautiful fresh water lakes choice retreat
from the stir and hustle of the larger
western ceDters, ana who would not have
a boom" il they could. In fact there is
not room for much growth, for lakes hem
the place in north and south, their shores
being hardly q mile apart. It's thirteen
or fourteen thousand Inhabitants spread
themselves over IS mucn area as three
times their number would REQUIRE in a
New England town, but they ara indls-
posed tor the most part to build closer
together, and would find themselves crowd
co if required to do so. It Is q beautiful
spot, its streets opening vistas between
lofty shade trees down to, and across tina
cool blue waters to the purple and yellow
ridges beyond, miles away. 1t shows little
other reason for existence than the fact
that ii is the State capitol and the location
of the State University.
1t might be popular summer resort, for
IFS twin lakes, Mendoza and Monoaa, have
beauty spots upon every knoll aud projec.
ton, and the younger generation are be-
coming restless, and whispering about
organization" for the purpose of securing
a change, but the time has not yet come.
Gray squirrels, monstrous fellows half as
large as cats, and fully as tame, play about
the streets, and no uIchin or dog in ali
the place is so lost TO a serse OF the pro-
prieties of life as 10 disturb them.
With all this there is nothing prosy or
commonplace about Madison. Its State
capitol, occupying the middle of large
open square, which forms a focus to its
system Of streets, is creditable structure
in size and architecture, and its university
buildings are commanding in form and sit
uatioD. Its inhabitants are up with the
times in all that makes progressive citi-
zens and good fellows. No approved
"modern improvement long waits mar
ket here, and whatever contributes to
make city life comfortable is to be found
in its hotels, stores and dwellings.
Its hospitality is boundless, and il there
lies beneath ii desire to advertise any
thing. one must remain longer than the
Presidential party has been here to discov-
er the fact. With the subsistence of last
Friday ebullition, affairs assumed their
every day aspect, and there is a promise
that the visitors shall depart tomorrow
morning without more of demonstration
than would be accorded to any other hon.
ored guest.
The special train leaves at 8 o'clock for
st. Paul. A concession has been made to
La Crosse, at which point the train will
tsry about twenty minutes to morrow
noon, and the party will take carriages to
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